Cellphone towers are crippled by load shedding – and theft of at least 200 batteries each month

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Cellphone towers are crippled by load shedding – and theft of at least 200 batteries each month

Load shedding and battery theft combined leave cellphone towers without power and mobile phones without reception.

Source: Business Insider South Africa

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